GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 1738

Short Title:  UNC Tuition Exception.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Representatives Yongue, Bonner, Sutton (Primary Sponsors); Morris and Goodwin.

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Referred to:  Education, if favorable, Appropriations.

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May 25, 2000

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT A NONRESIDENT IS ELIGIBLE TO BE CHARGED THE IN-STATE TUITION RATE IF THE NONRESIDENT IS ENROLLED AS A STUDENT AT A CONSTITUENT INSTITUTION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AND THE NONRESIDENT'S DOMICILE IS WITHIN A ONE HUNDRED-MILE RADIUS OF THE UNC CAMPUS AT WHICH THE NONRESIDENT IS ENROLLED.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. G.S. 116-144 reads as rewritten:
"§ 116-144. Higher tuition to be charged nonresidents; exception.
(a)	The Board of Governors shall fix the tuition and required fees charged nonresidents of North Carolina who attend the institutions enumerated in G.S. 116-4 at rates higher than the rates charged residents of North Carolina and comparable to the rates charged nonresident students by comparable public institutions nationwide, except that a person who serves as a graduate teaching assistant or graduate research assistant or in a similar instructional or research assignment and is at the same time enrolled as a graduate student in the same institution may, in the discretion of the Board of Governors, be charged a lower rate fixed by the Board, provided the rate is not lower than the North Carolina resident rate. 
(b)	Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, a person who is a nonresident shall be eligible to be charged the in-State tuition rate if:  (i) the person enrolls as a student at any of the institutions enumerated in G.S. 116-4, (ii) the person is a resident of a state that borders North Carolina, and (iii) the person's domicile is located within a 100-mile radius of the institution at which the student is enrolled.
(c)	For purposes of this section, the following states are deemed to be border states of North Carolina:
(1)	Virginia.
(2)	South Carolina.
(3)	Georgia.
(4)	Tennessee."
Section 2.  This act becomes effective August 1, 2000.